Notre Dame Students Walk Out On Vice President Pence At Graduation Ceremony

The exodus came as Pence praised the president’s hypocritical religious tolerance speech.

Another Trump administration official caused discontent at a graduation commencement ceremony.

Scores of Notre Dame University graduates and family members walked out of Vice President Mike Pence’s commencement speech on Sunday, ABC News reports.

Pence was the university’s second choice for commencement speaker, after students and faculty protested the school’s invitation to President Donald Trump.

The vice president triggered the ire of many in the audience when he praised Trump’s religious tolerance speech, which the president delivered earlier that day in Saudi Arabia. Trump’s speech seemed hypocritical because of comments he made about Muslims and Mexicans during his campaign.